Neenah standoff ends with man taking his own life

1:56 PM,
Dec. 7, 2012

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The Post-Crescent

Police say a distraught 26-year-old man shot himself with a high-powered rifle in his Neenah home Thursday as police and other emergency workers outside tried to intervene.

A relative called police about 12:30 p.m. after the man threatened to shoot himself in his home on Higgins Street between Spruce and Division streets. A nearly three-hour standoff ensued, prompting police to close off traffic on nearby streets and alert residents through Winnebago County's emergency notification system to seek shelter inside their homes.